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Judicial Profile


Comfort Zone

Aug. 19, 2008
By Pat Alston

Lawyers like trying civil cases in Judge Richard B. Wolfe's Los Angeles courtroom. They say his respectful attitude and willin...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


No Notice, No Coverage?

Aug. 19, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Many courts long have recognized that an insured’s failure to comply with a notification provision is not an absolute bar to c...


Law Practice


Expert Shoots Down Wiretap Theories

Aug. 19, 2008
By Alan Mittelstaedtn

The defense team for attorney Terry N. Christensen began calling witnesses Friday, starting with a phone technician in an effo...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Since the 1970s, Kaiser Permanente subscribers have been barred from exercising their constitutional right to a jury trial whe...


Law Practice


After 12 years at Latham & Watkins’ Orange County office, corporate partner Jonn Beeson jumped to Jones Day’s Irvine offic...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Throwing the Book at Schoolchildren

Aug. 19, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Although the Supreme Court has repeatedly said that “children do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate,...


Law Practice


For Seasoned Lawyer, Side Job Is Quite a Perk

Aug. 19, 2008
By Rebecca U. Cho

About two months out of the year, Los Angeles attorney Lee T. Paterson wakes up to the gobbling of wild turkeys poking for bug...


Litigation


In a bid to drive down the potential damages exposure for MGA Entertainment in the Bratz doll case, a financial expert testify...


Juvenile


Panel Details Dire Foster Care Situation

Aug. 19, 2008
By Dhyana Levey

California's dependency courts are under pressure and lack the resources to do an adequate job of protecting foster children a...


Law Practice


A bitter legal struggle between Fish & Richardson and a former attorney it accused of betrayal because he allegedly used h...


Corporate Counsel


Keeping Adobe's Best Interests at Home, Abroad

Aug. 16, 2008
By Jonathan Vaniann

Karen Cottle is no stranger to the high-tech industry. For the past 12 years, she has been working in-house for leading Silico...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Mediation Confidentiality Is Tested

Aug. 16, 2008
By Greg Katzn

In another test of the state's mediation confidentiality statutes, an appellate panel has ruled that a signed chart drawn up i...


Verdicts


In Mediations, Aiming for the Lizard's Head

Aug. 16, 2008
By Pat Broderick

Lawrence Irving likes to begin his mediations by asking the parties: “Do you want to shoot the lizard in the head, and stop th...


Law Practice


Former Times Reporter Avoids Second Pellicano Showdown

Aug. 16, 2008
By Alan Mittelstaedtn

When former journalist Anita Busch testified at Anthony Pellicano’s first wiretapping trial, the private eye conducted a grues...


Verdicts


Thanks to a rarely granted attorney fee incentive, a Los Angeles plaintiffs' lawyer has an extra $66,600 in his pocket. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


The ability of counsel to bring a motion for attorney fees after successfully litigating violations of the Fair Employment and...


Law Practice


High Court Takes on Airport Free Speech Case

Aug. 16, 2008
By Laura Ernden

Less than a year after upholding the right to protest at shopping malls, the California Supreme Court took on another importan...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


In the wake of the state Supreme Court's recent 'Edwards' decision, releases should be drafted to clarify that relevant non-wa...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


This week's federal appellate court decision provided a very significant victory for the open source industry, writes Mark Rad...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Civil Wrongs

Aug. 16, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

The ability of counsel to bring a motion for attorney fees after successfully litigating violations of the Fair Employment and...


Verdicts


The widow of a motorcycle crash victim has won a $8.5 million wrongful death verdict against her husband's doctor, who recomme...


Law Practice


Judge OKs Deposition of Governor in Prison Case

Aug. 16, 2008
By Rebecca Beyer

A federal judge in Sacramento ordered Thursday that plaintiffs' attorneys be allowed to take the depositions of Gov. Arnold Sc...


Law Practice


Former Apple GC Settles Options Case

Aug. 16, 2008
By Craig Andersonn

The former general counsel at Apple Inc. on Thursday settled a Securities and Exchange Commission civil complaint that was fil...


Firm Watch


Top Deals

Aug. 15, 2008
By Devan Mcclainen

After a busy July, the number of big deals in August dipped for California lawyers.


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Rare Appeal in Bid to Limit Logging

Aug. 15, 2008
By John Roemer

Lawyers trying to limit U.S. Forest Service logging projects aren't giving up, despite a major setback last month at the 9th U...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Aug. 15, 2008
By Jill Redhage

San Francisco-based Cornerstone Law Group adds Heller Ehrman attorney as chair of its class action practice.


Following a Los Angeles federal judge's ruling allowing the University of California to deny course credit to applicants from ...


Law Practice


Even 'Free' Codes Have Licenses, Court Finds

Aug. 15, 2008
By Alexia Garamfalvin

Supporters of open source copyright licenses hailed a major victory Wednesday when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal C...


Law Practice


James E. Ludlam, 1914-2008

Aug. 15, 2008
By Evan George

James E. Ludlam, a founding force in the field of health care law, died on Tuesday at the age of 93. ...


Focus (Forum & Focus)


Shore Losers

Aug. 15, 2008
By Sara Libbyn

Drilling for oil and natural gas off our beaches will mean daily air and water pollution problems, and a constant risk of oil ...